Saturday, January 26, 2013

Video Game Review: Mario Party 8


Mario Party 8, or the first game in the series to be created for the Nintendo Wii, is a highly unique game when compared with the other games in the Mario Party series.  While it’s not my favorite game in the entire series, I do still enjoy playing the game with friends, and it is a great game for those who want to play a more relaxing game with people that isn’t too challenging.

Mario Party 8 is a more interactive game than others in the series because it is a game for the Wii.  By this I mean that it utilizes the Wii remote and the interactiveness that it provides in order to create a different gaming experience.  In order to roll the dice blocks, players physically bump the controller upwards.  In some mini games, players ‘hit’ baseballs with the controllers, in others, they shake the controllers to accomplish various tasks.  Overall, this game is a much more interactive experience than previous platform Mario Party games, which only had the ability to have button games.

This interactive aspect of the game is not the reason it’s not my favorite game though.  Overall, I just prefer the overall setup, minigames, and boards of Mario Party 6 when compared to the other Mario Party games.  Not that I don’t love the other games, it’s just that the 6th game has a special place in my heart.
 
If you’re looking for the better of the Wii Mario Party games (8 or 9), definitely go with 8.  Mario Party 9 is just not my style – it’s just very very different from what I want in a Mario Party game, and it strays too much from the traditional type of game to be a ‘real’ Mario Party game.  Play it, and you’ll see what I mean.  

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